Authorities identify victim of fatal crash

Authorities
have identified a man who died following a multiple car
accident along a stretch of Interstate 220 in west
Shreveport Sunday night.

Just after
11:00 p.m. June 30, 2013, Shreveport police responded to a major accident
involving a pedestrian on Interstate 220 at Jefferson Paige
Road. Upon officers arrival at the scene, it was learned that an adult
white male had been killed after apparently being run over by upwards
of five vehicles after he attempted to cross a section of the
interstate. Shreveport Police Crash investigators have identified the man
as 51 year old Curtis Bentley of Palestine Texas. Evidence suggests that
Bently died after his 2006 Mazda 3 struck a series of curbs along
Jefferson-Paige Road, before veering down an embankment along a stretch of
Interstate 220. Bentley was subsequently struck by passing
motorists after exiting his car which came to rest along the shoulder
of the interstate.

The crash
remains under investigation as authorities continue working to determine the
exact cause of the crash as well as identify other drivers involved in the
accident.